1905-06 Volume 30 No 1–5 - Phi Delta Theta Scroll Archive

378 THE 'SCROLL.pioneer Phi in Georgia" was C. B. Gaskill, who establishedGeorgia Alpha at Oglethorpe University. The number ofcolleges in Georgia has always been small. In 1871 therewere but four colleges for men in the state—the Universityof Georgia at Athens, Oglethorpe University at Atlanta, controlledby the Presbyterians; Emory College at Oxford, controlledby the Methodists, and Mercer University at Macon,controlled by the Baptists.THE CHAPTER HOUSE OF GEORGIA BETAIn no other state in the union which •!> A 0 has entered hasthe fraternity so speedily occupied all eligible institutions inthe state. Georgia Alpha at Oglethorpe was chartered bythe parent chapter at Miami, May 8, 1871. Georgia Alphagranted chapters for Georgia Beta, University of Georgia,June 5, 1871; Georgia Gamma, Emory College, June 15, 1871,and Georgia Delta, Mercer University, January 2, 1872. Itwill be noticed that all four chapters were chartered withineight months. The Oglethorpe chapter suspended in 1872when the university suspended.C. B. Gaskill, who established the chapter at Oglethorpe,had attended Emory College in the spring of 1870, and theUniversity of Georgia for a short time in the fall of that